Grain size effect on creep deformation of alumina-silicon carbide composites

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1530-1536

  Lin, Hua Tay ^a,b   Alexander, Kathleen B ^a,b   Becher, Paul F ^a,b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CREEP; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; EFFECTS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HOT PRESSING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NUCLEATION; RHEOLOGY; SILICON CARBIDE;

ALUMINA SILICON CARBIDE COMPOSITES; COALESCENCE OF CREEP CAVITIES; CREEP RATE; GRAIN BOUNDARY SLIDING; GRAIN SIZE EFFECT; MATRIX GRAIN SIZE; SILICON CARBIDE WHISKERS; TRIPLE GRAIN JUNCTIONS; TWO GRAIN JUNCTIONS; WHISKER ALUMINA INTERFACES;

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0030173235     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1996.tb08761.x     Document Type: Article

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